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Ike uttered a low grunt, and went off with his hands in his pockets, and Old Brownsmith came and laid his hand upon my shoulder. "Pretty well bed-time, Grant, my boy. Let's go in." I followed him in, feeling rather low-spirited, but when he had lit a candle he turned to me with a grim smile. "Ike didn't like what I said to him, but it won't do him any harm."
I felt sorry that I had frightened him, and at last after a good deal of thinking I said to him: "Shock!" "Hullo!" "I'm sorry I made you think I was buried." "Are yer?" "Yes. Will you shake hands?" "What for?" This staggered me, and I could make no reply, and so we remained silent for some time. "Here, let's see," said Shock all at once. "Where's that there candle?"
Utter silence that is, the suspension of all faculty of hearing or feeling or thinking succeeded for the moment. Sight and sound were blown out, as the flame of a candle is blown out by an ordinary gunpowder explosion.
She has turned in falling; the string is twisted round her throat." Mercy removed the cloak. It dropped on the floor as the surgeon lifted Grace in his arms. "Get a candle," he said, impatiently; "they will give you one in the kitchen." He tried to feel the pulse: his hand trembled, the noise and confusion in the kitchen bewildered him. "Just Heaven!" he exclaimed. "My emotions overpower me!"
"This candle was burning here on the yew tree," explained Harley, "at the time that you looked out of the window of the hut. You could not see it. You could not see it from the crest adjoining the Guest House the only other spot in the neighbourhood from which this garden is visible.
But the ladies are trembling with fear, and loudly calling for a light. I remain very quiet, the advocate jumps out of bed, and runs out of the room to obtain a candle; I rise at once, I follow him to shut the door, but I slam it rather too hard, the double spring of the lock gives way, and the door cannot be reopened without the key.
"Don't," he pleaded, in a whisper; "oh, don't, don't, don't go downstairs to-night!" She released her hand, and signed to him to take the candle. "You shall see me to-morrow," she said. "Not a word more now!" Her stronger will conquered him at that last moment, as it had conquered him throughout. He took the candle and waited, following her eagerly with his eyes as she descended the stairs.
At least, he thought so; but he saw her only by fire-light; for the candle had been shaded from his eyes, because he could not bear it. She kissed him with a long, long kiss; but she did not speak. "I wish the surgeon had come first," he whispered, "and then they would have had my foot off before you came. When will he come?" "He is here, they are both here." "Oh, then, do make them make haste.
Nothing happened. Next I lit a candle, and very cautiously I placed it inside the cavity, with some idea of seeing whether there were foul air, and of getting a glimpse of what was inside. There was some foulness of air which nearly extinguished the flame, but in no long time it burned quite steadily.
Merryweather, who was beaming with admiration and delight. "She had these little figures made long ago, for another eighteenth birthday, a dear young friend of hers. Yes, yes! They have been kept in cotton-wool forty years, madam. Little candle holders, you perceive. A pretty fancy, eh? I happened to remember them the other day, hunted 'em up, the result, thanks to Mrs.
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